Supporting the Movement

June 5, 2020

There are many ways to support the Black Lives Matter movement and silence is not one of those options. Below is a list of many ways in which you can lend your voice in support against racism, police brutality, and injustice. The list was compiled by CYC staff and represents a few simple and easy ways in which you can take action by signing petitions, donating to worthy causes, and educating yourself through film.

Petitions

• Color of Change Petition – Justice for George Floyd
• Change.org Petition – Justice for George Floyd
• #WeCantBreathe Petition
• Change.org Petition – Justice for Tony McDade
• Change.org Petition – Justice for Breonna Taylor
• Change.org Petition – Educating children about racism
• Change.org Petition – Raising the degree on Minnesota officers

If you live internationally and cannot sign petitions without an American postal code feel free to use any of these: 

• 90015 – Los Angeles, California
• 10001 – New York City, New York
• 75001 – Dallas, Texas

Donations

Community Organizations/Campaigns

• Act Blue – Black Lives Matter
• Northstar Health Fund – Medical services and medical supplies
• GoFundMe – George Floyd
• GoFundMe – Breonna Taylor
• Reclaim the Block – Reclaim the Block works to defund the Minneapolis police and move the funds back to the community for reinvestment.
• Black Visions Collective – Black-led Queer and Trans centering organization whose mission is to organize powerful, connected black communities and dismantle systems of violence.
• Know Your Rights Camp – Colin Kaepernick’s nonprofit who is funding a Legal Defense Initiative that will pay for legal assistance for people arrested while protesting.
• National Lawyers Guild – SF – National Lawyers Guild – SF provides legal support for those organizing and protesting against injustice.
• Transgender Gendervariant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) – Founded by Miss Major, a Black trans woman and Stonewall veteran, TGIJP works to support Black and Brown trans women in jail and prisons.
• Critical Resistance – Bay Area organization working to build an international movement to end the Prison Industrial Complex.

Want to donate but don’t have any money? Stream this Youtube link as 100% of ad revenue goes to BLM groups (look at comments for rules on how to properly watch/re-watch).

Bail Funds for People Arrested While Protesting

• Minnesota Freedom Fundail Project – Nationwide bail fund
• Bail Project – Nationwide bail fund
• List of additional bail funds organized by state

Furthering Knowledge Through Film

• 13th
• American Son
• If Beale Street Could Talk
• The Hate You Give
• Black Power Mixtape
• Clemency
• Fruitvale Station
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Just Mercy
• Selma
• Green Book
• When They See Us
• Dear White People
• Little Fires Everywhere